Damon Mar of Marsynth made this wonderful cigar box synth for me. I totally love it. It has 2 oscillators (knob or photocell triggered), lfo, and filter cutoff and resonance.

The drum is called udu, ghatam, or simply clay pot drum. It was a very generous gift from ambient musician Steve Brand. Ive actually always meant to getting around to play these drums, but never have. Now I am.

I also acquired 2 new instruments yesterday as well. A group of friends here sort of share different instruments collectively. I will have use of these gongs off and on for a long time.
The gongs are from a dear friend of ours that passed away way a few years ago named Rich Trosper. He was an insane jazz drummer, incredible tabla player, and mad scientist and composer with synths that loved experimental, electronic, and ambient music. I miss him a lot and will always be thinking of his influence and inspiration when Im playing these gongs.

Oh yeah... and they are HUGE!!! The smaller is 2.5'' wide and the larger is 3.3'' I put a chair in one of the photos for size reference. I will be recording and playing live on Atmosphera with these gongs... so you will be hearing them soon. Eventually, I will post some samples of them in the field recs section as well.

yes me too... they are great sound for all kinds of music. Perhaps Ill get around to making a couple samples in the future.

Samples?!?! Don't you dare. All the subtle pings, slaps and blurps that thing can do that makes it sound great. PLAY IT!

Shane, yer killin' me. I starting out playing music as a drummer and wanna be percussionist. Gave it all up for Synths in the 80s. Yer givin' me the GAS for some sticks and real stuff to hit with them. _________________Jack Hertz.com | Aural Films Records

yes me too... they are great sound for all kinds of music. Perhaps Ill get around to making a couple samples in the future.

Samples?!?! Don't you dare. All the subtle pings, slaps and blurps that thing can do that makes it sound great. PLAY IT!

Shane, yer killin' me. I starting out playing music as a dummer and wanna be percussionist. Gave it all up for Synths when I moved out of the parents house. Now I am old with my own home and yer givin' me the GAS for some sticks and real stuff to hit with them.

hahah you never really quit... piano is a percussion instrument! although a synth isnt a piano... but there is a relationship there. But hey, its never too late!
As far as samples go... thats just to share with my friends Ill totally be playing it and I agree there are some nice pings, slaps, and blurps.. and bings!_________________ ElectroCasa

Just got back from jono's house where we (Boiar) spent a few days catching up. It was the first time we were all together since NYE.
Apart from jono's Eigenharp Pico and Paulo's trumpet we had some new percussion instruments to play with (including the "garrafone", a beer bottle xylophone).
For now some photos, sound proof will come later

Ok here is the Gourd water drum.
This is a very simple instrument, yet it does have its own unique sound. The sound resembles a marimba, or an open tone on a conga drum at times. The different sizes and thicknesses of each gourd vary the pitches and timbres. Outside of the water, these gourds don't have much of a sound. The water seals the gourds underside and creates a wonderful resonance.
Here are a few pics of the cleaning process, the final instrument, and testing them out in the sink.
Here are the links to 2 recordings of the gourd water drums. I have placed them into the field recording archives so that possibly more people will see them to use.

I plan to take a trip to the river with the gourds. Would be fun to play them while swimming and cooling down on a hot day. I want to make a nice field recording that captures the drums sounds in the water as well as the the surroundings along the river._________________ ElectroCasa

Acquired Komplete 7 a few weeks back ... will be working on these instruments for some time to come.

Created the Springboard yesterday evening. Ive been contemplating building this for a while... thought I would get it together for my Halloween set here at electro. Very simple... use a contact mic to amplify and a bass bow for making wonderfully wretched sounds.

Acquired Komplete 7 a few weeks back ... will be working on these instruments for some time to come.

Created the Springboard yesterday evening. Ive been contemplating building this for a while... thought I would get it together for my Halloween set here at electro. Very simple... use a contact mic to amplify and a bass bow for making wonderfully wretched sounds.

Created the Springboard yesterday evening. Ive been contemplating building this for a while... thought I would get it together for my Halloween set here at electro. Very simple... use a contact mic to amplify and a bass bow for making wonderfully wretched sounds.

What is that?? Looks intriguing! What are the bottle caps for? Sadly I missed your halloween set, I would love to know what it sounds like._________________Muied Lumens Base Star

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